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[–] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Banning billionnaires from participating in economics altogether until they hand it all back to society, increasing equity for all.

[–] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

believe it or not, that's exactly what a wealth tax would do.

[–] Riverside@reddthat.com 1 points 3 days ago

Believe it or not, that's exactly why a meaningful wealth tax with such consequences will never be passed and maintained without a literal revolution.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

In the wild, if a primate starts trying to hoard all the resources, they'd beat them to death (as a family).

We decided to put them in charge of everything, and it's worked out about the way we thought it would.

That's not how they became billionaires in the first place though. Being banned I mean.